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Army-Navy E Awards in World War Two

Army-Navy and Navy "E" Flag Images

This page updated 10-31-2024.

Company:  American Blower Corporation, Dearborn, MI
Number of Stars:  4
Dates of Awards:  Unknown
World War Two Products:  Industrial blowers
Location of Flag:  Private Individual
Date Photographed:  March 2021
Comments:  Below are both the original Navy and the later Army-Navy E flags that the American Blower Company plant in Dearborn, MI won during World War Two.  It is unusual to find both flags together like this.

Photo courtesy of Mary Pamula.

Photo courtesy of Mary Pamula.

Company:  American Electrical Heater, 6110 Cass Ave, Detroit 2, MI
Number of Stars:  2
Dates of Awards:  7-27-1944
World War Two Products:  Soldering Irons
Location of Flag:  Michigan Military Technical and Historical Society, Eastpointe, MI
Date Photographed:  February 2019

This E-Flag was delivered the the Michigan Military Technical and Historical Society by a donor in its original shipping box.  Not only does the Society have the flag, but the box with shipping label and packing slip inside.  Now we know how the flags were shipped to the winners of the flag.  Author's photo.

The return address is the Philadelphia Quartermaster Depot, 2800 South 20th Street, Philadelphia, PA.  A check of Google Maps indicates many of the original building still exist, even though it is no longer a Army Depot.  Some of the buildings have been torn down as the area is repurposed.  Author's photo. 

This shows the flag was shipped with the star on it.  This is interesting because historical information from the Delco-Remy Division of General Motors shows the Remy receptionist sewing the third star on the original flag.  American Electrical Heater got a new flag with the first star.  Author's photo.

Author's photo.

Company:  Boyertown Auto Body Works
Number of Stars:  4
Dates of Awards:  5-24-1943 and approximately every six months for the next two years
World War Two Products:  900 ambulances and 2,563 mobile units
Location of Flag:  Boyertown Museum of Historic Vehicles, Boyertown, PA
Date Photographed:  June 2019
 

Author's photo.

Author's photo.

Author's photo.

Company:  Brown Shipbuilding Company, Houston, TX
Number of Stars:  4
Dates of Awards:  Unknown
World War Two Products:  12 Submarine Chasers, 61 Destroyer Escorts, 23 LCI(L) Landing Craft, Infantry (Large)
Location of Flag:  National World War Two Museum, New Orleans, LA
Date Photographed:  3-16-2018

Author's photo.

Company:  Chris-Craft, Cadillac, MI Plant
Number of Stars:  2
Dates of Awards:  June 15, 1942
World War Two Products:  2,000 landing craft mostly LCVPs
Location of Flag:  See below
Date Photographed:  June 2018 from Cadillac News
Comments:  This E Flag was found in the garage of Maureen Robins whose father, Frank Kelly, was plant manager of the Chris-Craft plant in Cadillac, MI from 1942 until 1968 when the plant closed. 

Tom Robbins, son of Maureen Robbins, was helping his mother clean out her garage in late May-early June 2018 when the flag was found.  Mrs. Robbin's father was the plant manager of the Holland Plant from 1942 until 1968.  It is assumed the flag will stay in the family.  What a garage find!!!  The flag appears to be in great shape after spending many years in garage storage.

Company:  Cocheco Woolen Manufacturing Company, East Rochester, NH
Number of Stars:  4
Dates of Awards:  January 24, 1943
World War Two Products:  Wool blankets and related products
Location of Flag:  Wright Museum of World War Two, Wolfeboro, NH
Date Photographed:  8-14-2017

The Cocheco Woolen Company won four stars during WWII.  This is flag may be a representation of the award won by the company.  Author's photo.

Company:  Delco-Remy Division of General Motors, Anderson, IN
Number of Stars:  3
Dates of Awards:   May 4, 1943; Feb-26 1944; Sept 9, 1944; April 21 1945
World War Two Products:
(1,500,000+) electrical sets consisting of generators, cranking motors, regulators, switches, distributors and coils for military trucks, tractors and DUKWs.
(485,000+) heavy duty of generators, cranking motors, regulators, coils and switches for Army tanks and tank destroyers and for Navy landing craft and PT boats.
(105,000+) aircraft generators and regulators.
(295,000+) aircraft magnetos.  Two magnetos were used per aircraft engine.  During WWII (812,615) aircraft engines were produced.  DR supplied over 147,500 or 18% of them with magnetos.
(62,000+) aircraft engine controls.
(40,000+) Sperry automatic pilot servo controls.  
(60,000+) complete sets of aluminum castings for the Allison V-1710 and V-3420 aircraft engines.  Allison produced (69,305) V-1710 and V-3420 engines during WWII.
Location of Flag:  Madison County Historical Society, Anderson, IN during Delco-Remy display
Date Photographed:  2-29-2016
For the complete story on this flag please visit:  http://www.delcoremyhistory.com/army-navy-eflag.htm
 

Author's photo.

Author's photo.

Company:  Freeport Sulphur Company, Grand Ecaille Plant, Port Sulphur, LA
Number of Stars:  3. 
Dates of Awards:  Unknown
World War Two Products:  Sulphur 
Location of Flag:  Regional Military Museum, Houma, LA
Date Photographed:  March 2022

Company:  Harris-Seybold-Potter
Number of Stars:  0.  This is the original flag for the Seybold plant in Dayton, OH.  It also won a star in May 1945.  The location of that flag is unknown.
Dates of Awards:  December 12, 1944
World War Two Products:  Various including top secret BEA/K1 bomb computer 
Location of Flag:  Dayton History, Dayton, OH
Date Photographed:  2021 from the collections of Dayton History.

From the collections of Dayton History.

Company:  Hazeltine Electronics Inc., Little Neck, Long Island, NY
Number of Stars:  4
Dates of Awards:  Unknown dates
World War Two Products:  Radar, Communications, and Electronic Equipment
Location of Flag:  Cradle of Aviation Museum, Garden City, Long Island, NY
Date Photographed:  June 2018

Author's photo.

Company:  Line Material Company of Pennsylvania, East Stroudsburg, PA
Number of Stars:  2
Dates of Awards:  Unknown
World War Two Products:  Lighting equipment, fuzes, grenades, and antenna equipment
Location of Flag:  World War Two American Experience, Gettysburg, PA
Date Photographed:  9-16-2022

This flag has one star on it.

Company:  Oldsmobile Division of General Motors, Anderson, IN
Number of Stars:  3
Dates of Awards:  August 10, 1942; February 6, 1943; September 25, 1943; June 3, 1944
World War Two Products:  Tank and Aircraft Cannons, Artillery Shells
Location of Flag:  RE Olds Museum, Lansing, MI
Date Photographed:  3-30-2018

Author's photo.

Author's photo.

Author's photo.

Company:  RCA, Bloomington, IN
Number of Stars:  3
Dates of Awards:  Post-World War Two
World War Two Products:  VT Fuzes
Location of Flag:  Monroe County History Center in Bloomington, IN
Dates Photographed:  Unknown
Comments:  Read the interesting story on how the RCA Bloomington plant was awarded this flag on the main Army-Navy E Flag page.

Photo courtesy of the Monroe County Historical Center added 8-23-2020.

Company:  R.D. Suman, Richmond, IN
Number of Stars:  3  (The flag on display does looks to be the original without stars.)
Dates of Awards:  Unknown
World War Two Products:  Go No-Go snap gauges
Location of Flag:  Museum of the Soldier, Portland, IN
Dates Photographed:  9-20-2014 and 4-22-2018

Author's photo 9-20-2014.

Author's photo 9-20-2014.

Author's photo 4-22-2018.

Author's photo 4-22-2018.

Company:  Steel Products Engineering Company
Number of Stars:  0 on the flag on display.  The company won one star and received a new flag with the star on it.  This flag was therefore replaced by the new one and ended up in the Heritage Center.
Dates of Awards:  Unknown dates
World War Two Products:  Aircraft fuel tank caps, oil tank caps and a part for the fuel selector control for the TBM-3 Avenger.  These are the known products.  No doubt there were more products for the war effort.
Location of Flag:  Clark County Heritage Center Museum, Springfield, OH
Date Photographed:  February 2020

Author's photo added 2-6-2020.

Author's photo added 2-6-2020.

Normally the "E" award program has the date on it.  If it were on this one, we would know when Steel Products Engineering Company received its first award.  Author's photo added 2-6-2020.

Company:  Torrington Bearing Company, Bantam Bearings Division, South Bend, IN
Number of Stars:  1  (The Bantam Bearings Division eventually won five stars on its flag.)
Dates of Awards:  Unknown
World War Two Products:  Bearings
Location of Flag:  National Studebaker Museum, South Bend, IN
Date Photographed:  8-22-2020

Author's photo added 8-23-2020.

Company:  Western Machine Tool Works, Holland, MI
Number of Stars:  0,1,2
Dates of Awards:  First Award June 21, 1943
World War Two Products:  Machine Tools
Location of Flag:  Mike Gareau, Holland, MI
Date Photographed:  5-14-2021
All three flags were at the 2021 MVPA show in Findlay, OH and are for sale by Mr. Gareau.  If interested in purchasing one of the following "E" flags, Mr. Gareau can be reached at:  ThreeEaglesMuseum@gmail.com

After spending three hours at the MVPA show in Findlay, I had one last vendor building to explore.  The very last table I visited had these three flags.  Sometimes the best things are saved for the last.

This is the only time I have found more than one flag for a particular company.  This find verifies that each time a company won a star that it received a new flag.  And to have several of the flags together in one location is unheard of.  This was excellent find.

This is the original "E" flag that Western Machine Tool Works received in June 1943.  Author's photo from the Mike Gareau collection added 5-15-2021.

This flag with one star was received six months later on or about December 1943.  Author's photo from the Mike Gareau collection added 5-15-2021.

This flag with two stars was received six months after the previous flag on or about June 1944.  Author's photo from the Mike Gareau collection added 5-15-2021.

Company:  Whittington Pump and Engineering, Indianapolis, IN
Number of Stars:  2 (This flag has one star on it.)
Dates of Awards:  Unknown
World War Two Products: Pumps
Location of Flag:  This flag is the property of Brian Williamson, Portland, IN.  Photo taken at the Museum of the Soldier, Portland, IN
Date Photographed:  4-22-2018
Comments:  This flag was found and purchased by Mr. Williamson at an antique store shown below holding it over the edge of the roof of the Museum of the Soldier.  After 75 years it is in brand new condition.

Author's photo.

The "E" flags were manufactured by the Philadelphia Quartermaster Depot of the U.S. War Department.  Author's photo.

Company:  Unknown
Number of Stars:  3
Dates of Awards:  Unknown
World War Two Products: Unknown
Location of Flag:  Michigan History Center, Lansing, MI
Date Photographed:  1-13-2023

The flag has the backside facing into the center of the World War Two room of the Michigan History Center.  There interesting backstory about me due to this E-flag being on display.  I asked docent on duty whether he was aware of which company this was from.  After answering he did not know, our further conversation revealed that we were both in the same Army National Guard unit in Lansing at the same time.  He was in first platoon and I was in second platoon, so we did not remember each other from that era of our lives.  Author's photo.

This image shows the front side of the flag.  In the background is the nose section of a Ford-built B-24 with an Emerson Electric nose turret.  Author's photo.

Company:  Unknown
Number of Stars:  3
Dates of Awards:  Unknown
World War Two Products: Unknown
Location of Flag:  Evansville Wartime Museum, Evansville, IN
Date Photographed:  5-7-2021

Author's photo added 5-15-2021.

Company:  Unknown
Number of Stars:  0
Dates of Awards:  Unknown
World War Two Products: Unknown
Location of Flag:  Madison County Historical Society, Anderson, IN during Guide Lamp Division of General Motors display
Date Photographed:  8-12-2016
This is not the Guide Flag, as it had four stars on it. It was purchased in an internet auction by one of the members of the Historical Society and put on display to represent Guide's winning of the award.

Author's photo.

Author's photo.

Company:  Unknown
Number of Stars:  0
Dates of Awards:  Unknown
World War Two Products: Unknown
Location of Flag:  Indiana Military Museum, Vincennes, IN
Date Photographed:  8-31-2019

Author's photo.

Author's photo.

Company:  Unknown
Number of Stars:  1
Dates of Awards: Unknown
World War Two Products: Unknown
Location of Flag:  Veterans Memorial Museum, Germantown, OH
Date Photographed:  2-29-2020
 

Author's photo.


Author's photo.

Company:  Unknown.  Most likely a company from the Jackson, MI area.
Number of Stars:  2
Dates of Awards: Unknown
World War Two Products: Unknown
Location of Flag:  Michigan Military History Museum, Grass Lake, MI
Date Photographed:  1-27-2021

Author's photo.

Company:  Unknown.
Number of Stars: 3
Dates of Awards: Unknown
World War Two Products: Unknown
Location of Flag:  Detroit History Museum, Detroit, MI
Date Photographed:  12-27-2023

Author's photo.

Company:  Unknown.
Number of Stars:  4
Dates of Awards: Unknown
World War Two Products: Unknown
Location of Flag:  2024 MVPA Convention, Oshkosh, WI.  This is owned by an exhibitor at the convention.
Date Photographed:  9-12-2024

Author's photo.